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- From: Deborah Millier <deborahmillier AT yahoo.com>
 - To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
 - Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19
 - Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:15:40 -0700 (PDT)
 
I had written:
>> Me-thinks that if you call to mind the action of
>> gliding-type undulation you will see that the
>> parallelism fits just fine--even employing the
>> standard understanding of ALMAH.
To which D. Washburn replied:
> Perhaps I'm a little slow, but I
> don't see the need for such an
> explicit parallelism in this passage.
> ISTM that the writer is simply
> describing some things he doesn't
> understand, as the previous verse
> says. How does an eagle soar? How
> does a snake slither? How does a
> ship slice through the waves?
> How is it that people fall in love?
> I hardly think that the "gliding-type
> undulation" referred to above would
> qualify as something beyond his
> understanding, but matters of the
> heart very well might.
Well, I think it comes down to the matter of a common
denominator between all the mentioned scenarios. I
suppose the author had stared in wonder on many
occasions at eagles on wing, snakes making their ways
across rocks, ships moving through the waves...and
they all have in common a smooth rhythmic motion. Now
I don't think our guy is clueless about the "birds and
the bees," I actually think he is *in awe* of the
whole deal. That's what I think Dave, but...if it
seems too explicit an interpretation for you, please,
by all means, stick with yours. Me, I kind of like
watching flying birds, undulating snakes, ships
rocking back 'n forth, ...and... ;-)
B'SHALOM,
-- Michael Millier
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            [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19,
            Deborah Millier, 10/01/2003
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            Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19,
            Dave Washburn, 10/01/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19, Jerry Holmaas, 10/02/2003
 
 
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
 - [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19, Deborah Millier, 10/01/2003
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            Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19,
            Karl Randolph, 10/02/2003
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            Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19,
            Peter Kirk, 10/02/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19, B. M. Rocine, 10/02/2003
 
 
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            Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19,
            Peter Kirk, 10/02/2003
 - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19, Karl Randolph, 10/03/2003
 - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19, Karl Randolph, 10/03/2003
 - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19, Bill Rea, 10/05/2003
 
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            Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Proverbs 30:19,
            Dave Washburn, 10/01/2003
 
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